February 19, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted reports that its operatives raided the home of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the February 25 election.
Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Sunday, described the reports as fake news.
“The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of APC, in the forthcoming presidential election and recovered a humongous sum of N400 billion.
“The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC.
“The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news,” he said.
